Clematis: ClematisGuru's 2009 Hardwick Hall Clematis Garden, 1 by ClematisGuru

ClematisGuru wrote:
last post for this memorial day holiday, shrubbery in the front of the house,achieving the layered look with hydrangeas and alberta spruce. some of my albertas are limbed up due to a mite infestation last year and damaged limbs that were very unsightly. so had to rethink some plantings and go with it.
there are clems within here, that are just coming on. a large nelly i hard prune early in the season to get delayed blooms, a lawsonia, and a prized shirayakahime.
spring pruning of some of your 2's and 3's will delay the blooms. good for an event, or if you just want to postpone some of the blooms. you can also half and half prune them, take some of the vines down to maybe 8 inches in may, so that new growth comes on for later blooms.

happy holiday to all today.